Sopha's Reviews > The Fake Date Formula

’I have no idea what we’re doing anymore. But as long as Allie wants to touch me, I’ll take every moment of that.’

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Rating: 5/5
Spice: 1/5

Never thought I would fall in love with a book involving F1 racing but here I am.

Allie is a PR liaison working in Savannah and she knows that she would be making much more money if she did the same job in a bigger city like New York. However, she is content where she is because it allows her to be close to her parents and help them, especially with her dad’s disability. When she is called to her boss’ office on a Friday afternoon, the last thing she expects is to sign an NDA from Titan Industries and be asked to help clean up their star race driver’s image by being his fake girlfriend. Despite having her own reservations, the monetary benefits outweigh the cons and she agrees. Next? Destination: Dubai. And Oliver Stone is definitely not the bad boy she pictured.

The pacing was great and I honestly had a hard time putting the book down. The balance between the romance and behind the scenes of the racing industry was just perfect for me. As someone who finds formula 1 racing incredibly boring (sorry!), reading about it here was rather interesting. I’ve read plenty of books with the fake dating trope, but Oliver and Allie’s story felt somehow different in a very good way. I loved how their relationship developed and our dear MMC fell first although their initial attraction was mutual.

Allie was a great FMC: sweet and level-headed, but not afraid to be vulnerable and show her emotions either. And Oliver? Gosh, I loved him. All he cared about was his career so despite agreeing to the fake girlfriend plan, he didn’t make any effort to put it in motion at first. Of course, he couldn’t resist Allie for long ;) And when she couldn’t decide between two books to buy and he told her to get all AND pay for them? Book boyfriend status acquired! The epilogue was just perfect, the cherry on top.

Are we getting West and Bella next? 👀